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Korean Studies

Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2025

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Overview

The Honours program in Korean Studies comprises advanced coursework and an individual research project (Korean Studies Thesis) designed to extend students' knowledge of Korean language, culture, and society, or another appropriate area in Korean Studies, while developing their research skills. After successfully completing the program, students will be able to enrol for further research study towards a Master of Arts (MA) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. 

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this specialisation, students should be able to:

  • Communicate in and comprehend Korean in a range of written and oral genres and social contexts
  • Apply advanced knowledge of Korean language and of Korean culture and society in relevant professional and academic contexts
  • Utilise rigorous methods of inquiry and theories and methodologies appropriate to Korean Studies
  • Construct and sustain an argument based on research.

Last updated: 14 January 2025

Structure

100 credit points

Students undertaking pure honours in Korean Studies must complete:

  • Korean Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects Korean Studies Thesis Part 1 and Korean Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • Honours Korean A (12.5 points); and
  • Honours Korean B (12.5 points); and
  • 12.5 points of elective subjects: selected from Supervised Reading (Asia Institute) and Topics in Korean Studies

Students undertaking combined honours in Korean Studies and another discipline must complete:

  • Korean Studies Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects Korean Studies Thesis Part 1 and Korean Studies Thesis Part 2; and
  • Critical Asian Perspectives (12.5 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)

or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
  • One honours subjects in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
  • Three subjects in Korean Studies (37.5 points). Normally students would take Honours Korean A, Honours Korean B and one of Topics in Korean Studies or Supervised Reading (Asia Institute).

Total 100 points

Subject Options

Thesis Subjects:

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
KORE40001 Korean Studies Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
KORE40002 Korean Studies Thesis Part 2
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Compulsory Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Korean Studies are required to take the following 37.5 points.

Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ASIA90004 Critical Asian Perspectives
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
KORE40003 Honours Korean A
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
KORE40004 Honours Korean B
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in Korean Studies need to select one of the following subjects (12.5 points).

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MULT90002 Supervised Reading (Asia Institute)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
KORE40005 Topics in Korean Studies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/asia-institute/discipline-areas/korean-studies

Last updated: 14 January 2025